Update: Notice of tower crane installation at Old Oak Common
Work item: HS2-MW-BBVS-Ph1-OOC-St-S4-prog-works-74-23/09/2022
Work Item Summary
- Project Phase
- Phase 1
- Region
- Old Oak and North Acton
- Location
- Old Oak
- Worksite Name
- Old Oak Common
- Type of works
- Crane removal
- Estimated Start Date
- 18/11/2022
- Estimated End Date
- 19/11/2022
What we are doing
Mobile crane and tower crane installation
We previously notified you about this work and are writing an update because of programme changes.
On Friday 18 and Saturday 19 November, we will build a fourth tower crane, known as Tower Crane 8 at Old Oak Common. It is called Tower Crane 8 due to its location on site and it will be the furthest tower crane to be positioned on site.
This tower crane will be built using a mobile crane which will be delivered to site on 18 November. The mobile crane will be delivered along with four large articulated trucks. These trucks will travel along the A40 and up Victoria Road, passing the Atlas Road roundabout to Old Oak Common Lane. Because of the size of the trucks, delivery cannot take place during normal working hours. To ensure that the delivery does not cause traffic or impact the safety of other road users, the crane will arrive on site at around 4am and be set-up between 4am and 8am.
Once the mobile crane has finished building the tower crane, it will be taken down and removed from the site. This will take place between 6pm and 10pm on 19 November.
Operatives installing the crane will use hand signals to communicate and the only sound should be the crane’s engine as it goes up. This is not expected to cause a disruption.
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